Shorts and slops – or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for all nine provinces in South Africa on Wednesday, 6 December 2023.
Severe weather alerts
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS
A. Yellow Level 2 Warning for Severe thunderstorms resulting in strong damaging winds and large hail are expected ever western and central parts of KwaZulu-Natal, eastern half of the Free State, southern parts of Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
B. Yellow Level 1 Warning for Damaging Winds over the central and south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape resulting in difficult driving conditions and blowing of loose debris.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
Extremely high fire danger conditions is expected over in places over the northern Parts of Limpopo, the Kamiesberg Municipality of the Northern Cape as well as the Bergrivier Municipality of the Western Cape.
ADVISORIES
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Conditions and UVB forecast
Gauteng
Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north. Isolated showers can be expected in the afternoon but scattered in the extreme south.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.
Mpumalanga
Temperature: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme north-east.
Limpopo
Temperature: Partly cloudy and very hot to extremely hot in the west, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in places over east and central parts.
North West
Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and hot to very hot with isolated thundershowers, except in the extreme north-west.
Free State
Temperature: Morning fog patches in the east where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the far west.
Northern Cape
Temperature: Windy over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the east with isolated thundershowers in the extreme east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.
Western Cape
Temperature: Partly cloudy along the south-coast and interior at first becoming fine and warm to hot, but very hot along the west coast.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly along the west coast otherwise fresh to strong east to south-easterly.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme
Eastern Cape
The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm in places, otherwise cloudy and cool with light rain in the extreme east, but windy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north and eastern parts from the afternoon.
The Western half – The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly, reaching strong in the afternoon.
The Eastern half: Windy and warm in the north-west, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly, becoming fresh to strong north-easterly in the afternoon.
KwaZulu-Natal
Temperature: Cloudy and cool but cold in the south-western parts. Scattered showers and thundershowers can be expected in the afternoon.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly, becoming easterly to north-easterly from the south in the afternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.
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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.
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